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The Kaiser Daily Report revealed today that while many minority men are taking steps towards screenings for diabetes, overall all minorities are less likely to enjoy the preventative benefits of medical health insurance.

Of course, it's good news that "Black and Hispanic men no longer are less likely than whites to be unaware that they have diabetes, according to a report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." Public health education efforts towards the necessity of testing for diabetes have begun to pay off.

But the news regarding minorities in general and medical health insurance is less positive. "Hispanics, among other ethnic and minority groups, are not utilizing preventive care to help prevent and detect conditions for early treatment." At the same time, while minority women are also more likely to be aware of their diabetes, they are not improving as rapidly as men.

And the higher incidences of diabetes, obesity, and obesity related illness can quickly be tied to limited access to medical health insurance. It's still very important to discover and treat diabetes, but it's preventative care that can prevent it in the first place.